A well-to-do art collector named Gijs sired an out-of-wedlock daughter whom he raised in his household. Her name was Heaven. Unfortunately for the little girl, her upbringing was clearly of the unhealthy variety. Stunted in an infantile state, the adult woman is now suffering through life with what is either a severe neurosis or a deep pathology in her self-identity.
It was a curious choice on the part of the filmmakers to develop a protagonist who was so unhappy, unwholesome, and clueless about relationships. In a defining scene in the film, Heaven reunites with her half-brother, who has a nice girlfriend and a relationship that is chaste. Heaven lectures the couple on what she perceives is wrong with chastity and rails on them for being Protestants.
Throughout the film, Heaven was lacking in social graces and seemed on the verge of a complete meltdown at any given moment. In the climactic scene, Heaven meets with her husband's wife, who was obviously unaware about the unhealthy nature of Heaven's relationship with her father. There was nothing uplifting or redeeming about the final scene. And the future of Heaven appears to be bleak indeed.
It was a curious choice on the part of the filmmakers to develop a protagonist who was so unhappy, unwholesome, and clueless about relationships. In a defining scene in the film, Heaven reunites with her half-brother, who has a nice girlfriend and a relationship that is chaste. Heaven lectures the couple on what she perceives is wrong with chastity and rails on them for being Protestants.
Throughout the film, Heaven was lacking in social graces and seemed on the verge of a complete meltdown at any given moment. In the climactic scene, Heaven meets with her husband's wife, who was obviously unaware about the unhealthy nature of Heaven's relationship with her father. There was nothing uplifting or redeeming about the final scene. And the future of Heaven appears to be bleak indeed.